Cnn barack obama biography book

Barack Obama undoubtedly possesses one of the most complicated – and fascinating – backgrounds of any former president of the United States.

Born to a father he hardly knew and to a mother he almost never saw, Obama’s path to the White House is one of the most remarkable and unlikely of any I’ve seen.

And yet, in hindsight, his political ascent makes almost perfect sense.

Because his presidency ended so recently, and due to his young age, it could be three decades or more before the definitive biography of Obama is written.

To wrap up this six-year journey through the best biographies of the presidents I read three books on Barack H. Obama:

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* “The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama” (2010) by David Remnick

Remnick’s “The Bridge” was the perfect place for me to start: it covers Obama’s life up through his presidential inauguration and although the narrative ca